Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- York and the Holocaust
- Fishergate Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- Dick Turpin
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The New Theatre
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Barley Hall
- Feeding Roman York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Rowntree Park
- Stonegate
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Tombstone of Julia Velva